SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Senomyx, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNMX), a company using proprietary taste science technologies to discover, develop, and commercialize novel flavor ingredients, announced today that Gwen Rosenberg, the Company's Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, will present an overview of Senomyx's technology and programs on Tuesday, August 27, at 8:35 a.m. Central Time (9:35 a.m. Eastern Time) during the Midwest IDEAS Investor Conference. The conference is taking place at the University of Chicago's Gleacher Center in Chicago, Illinois. During the presentation, Ms. Rosenberg will discuss corporate developments including the Company's pipeline of novel flavor ingredients and its business strategy.

To access the live presentation or a subsequent archived recording, please log onto Senomyx's website at http://www.senomyx.com and click on the "Investor Relations" tab. The archived webcast will be available for 30 days following the presentation. Please connect to Senomyx's website prior to the start of the webcast to ensure adequate time to download any software that may be necessary.

Senomyx is using proprietary taste science technologies to discover, develop, and commercialize novel flavor ingredients. These include modifiers of Sweet and Salt flavors as well as Savory Flavors, Bitter Blockers, and Cooling Agents. The Company is also engaged in an effort to discover and develop natural high-potency sweeteners. Under its direct sales initiative, Senomyx is beginning to sell certain of its flavor ingredients to flavor companies for re-sale to their food and beverage company customers. In addition, Senomyx has collaborative agreements with global food, beverage, and ingredient supply companies, some of which are currently marketing products that contain Senomyx's flavor ingredients. Senomyx's corporate socially responsible activities are described on the Senomyx Cares blog http://www.senomyx-csrblog.com/. For more information, please visit www.senomyx.com.